Statistics in Genetics

Pham Xuan Quang and T. P. Speed

Week 2 : Meiosis. Recombination

• Background.
• Some of Morgan's data
• Meiosis.
• Chance mechanisms during meiosis
• Tetrads and Octads.
• Tetrad types.
• Observing recombination.
• Estimating recombination.
• Stochastic models of recombination.
• Variations, extensions and generalizations.
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